Transcriber’s Note:
New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.
From the painting by Manet—in the Louvre, Paris.
The Fifer.
HOW MUSIC GREW
From Prehistoric Times to the Present Day
BY
MARION BAUER & ETHEL PEYSER
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
WILLIAM J. HENDERSON
With 64 Illustrations
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK :: LONDON
Copyright, 1925
by
Marion Bauer and Ethel Peyser
Tenth Impression
All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission.
Made in the United States of America
To Our Young Friends
FROM
NINE TO NINETY
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY OFFERED
“It takes three to make music: one to create, one to perform, one to appreciate. And who can tell which is the most important?”
Robert Haven Schauffler, from
The Creative Listener (a revision) in
The Musical Amateur.